Cattle-guard.



E. L`. WATSON.

CATTLE GUAD. AAPPLICATION FILED FEB.4.1916.

Patented Nov. 2S, 1916. l

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CATTLE GUARD.

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glu/venian EUGENE L. WATSON, OF DEMING, WASHINGTON.

CATTLE-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedNov. 2S, 1916.

Application tiled February 4, 1916, Serial No. 76,193.

To all whom z't 'may concern.' v

Be it known that I, EUGENE L. WATSON, a citizen of the United States, residing; at Deming," in"the-oounty of -Wlmtcom and State of lVoshington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cattle- Guards; and I do hereby 'declare the follow- .and ellicient uard tliat \\'ill positively pre -vent cattle ron'i dressing the track, and

which can be conveniently and expeditiously placed in position on the track.

Other objects will appear, and be better understood from that embodiment of inyinvcntion of which the` following is a speeiication, reference being had to the' accompanying dra-wings forinin'g part' thereof, vin

Figure l is a top plan-vieuY of the cattle guard showing the saine applied to the track. Fig. 2' isa-transveiiee sectional view taken on line 2 -2 of Fig'. l, and Fig. 3 is a detail Sectional vieur taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. "l, Fig. Je is a horizontal' section taken through Fig. 1, Fig". ."i'is' a. perspective "view of one' of: the'anolior plates, F G isl `a horizontal sectional detail, showing' the manner of connecting' one. und ot" the roller to the :uliaoent` plate ai'idhnolior.

Referring' tothe drawings, the numeral l design'ates'thu rail ties of ordinary construe'- ton, adapted to support' the'rails 2.

Positioned on' the upper sides oi.' adjacent time ariel-shaped plates'l; These. Llshz'iped platos are located on'th-e opposite end ofthe tio, and alsopositioned on those' portions of the ties that-.are looz'itedfl'i'etween the rails 2.

The L-shaped 'plates 'l plates ei -eridi at right anglhsto-tl-io rails'2; and :nirallel'w'ithi the. siilosi ofthe Lshai'ieilplat* 2l, andv have their endssoeined in any. suitable manner' to the web and basoflonge's-of the rail'sQ.

Rotatably positioned on opposite sides of the central plates 6 and on opposite sides of the rails are a pluralit of elongated roll# ers 7. Each of these rol ersis formed'preferably of galvanized iron, pressed into substantially starshape infoross 'section so' es' to provide the. longitudine] ribs,` eaehof which is, as shown in Fig. ofs'ub'st lolly Vshape in erossseetiornond ,eeh lro s a central passage designated. 8, ezitendi A g therethrough, the Sidfp' g 8 llers, alining ivith spacedlopenjngs in: t 'of the L-shaped plete, iifndopeningisidin; the ventral plate The rods'l extend loosely through .the A'passages .8 in 'the rollers 7 and through the openings Q in the central plate G, and have their oppositeends Secured in the openings in the opposed sides 5, oftlie L-shaped plate 3. Each L-shoped plate has assoeiated .therewith an anehorr-plate, designated by the numeriil'll,"aslanentirety. .\s shown inl Fig. each-anchor plate isof.

'substantially vnente 4inigiilzir sha eine ss sontion, including the sigleportionsyllend 8G 13. The side 12 is 4consifdexziloly. s ho -engin length than the side 1 '.a1id lngiiges against. tle' outer side of tlierertioelarin j ofl the Lshaped pla-'te 8, and is .provided at'spziced. 1 points` with U-shaped slots llt. The opposite a5 ends of the rods 10, arelreduoed, as sliiziwrrat, lo, and the teijniiiialsof the rods are fl to provide eireularlieadsl'6. y The .d of the openings 9, in the vertiea la-rms.fuponv @ha -Sb-pd plates, are greater tl1iin,tliejd i.. anieters of thelie'ads 1 6, so as to admit ofethpassage of the heads thronglitlie openings. i). and beyond the outer sides of the ,eins

as shown in Figs. 3 andl 6 of the dra-ivf.. ings. When the anchor plates are-'iniposi tion, the U-'shal'ied slots lilo the side'sLlQl thereof, rove'ivef the reduced portions'l en the. :uljavenlt`-enils of shafts' .10 as shown in, lig. il, and the .circular heads ,lengjage y inner surfaces of thesides 2, Thelonger sides .13' ofthe ai'iohoitpl' aredisposedat such angles 'and are offsnch... igth, that., ther extend a. considerable dist-.incebeyond the' adjacent edges'of'the'at -aeentzftie,-` es Hhou'n in 'lf-ig., 3, andftlie sh 'l l angular pl- 'e l2 areseeured .tn th'e ed rent. sides of the L'-Shnped, plateslJji `Ine s.` of .bolts adapted to extend through openingsj 1T formed in the sides 12 and through simihir openings in the adjacent side .of the L-shoped .pla tes.

Irl-use, when the cattle-step upon the roll.

1in)l los i-S, the same will rotate and thereby prevent the cattle 'from obtaining a oot-hold so as to vprevent passage over the rails.

AHaving thus described my invention what I claim as new is In a cattle guard for railroads, the combination with a plurality of plates mounted on adja'eent rail ti'es, and on opposite sides of the mils and provided with a. plurality of opennge, a plurality'of'shafts positioned between adjacent ties and having ytheir op posite ends arranged within the openingein the adjacent'plates, heads carried by the ends of 'the shaftsand lying` in pu(:e1.lf=i'elu tion' with the adjacent plates, rollers journaled on the shaftsfanehor plates associated with' the first-'mentioned plates on the. ties and euch including an angular body having one side thereof arranged in engagement with the adjacent plate on the adjacent tie and having a plurality of slots therein for receiving the reduced 'portions of the shafts,

at points between the heads' and the irstsaid anchor plate' han mentioned plates, the

spaced from the adjaing its` opposite side cent. tie and extendingoutn'aidly and he-` yond the Same, as and foi' the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witness'e s, vEUTnrENE L. WATSON.

Witnesses J H. XVALSON, R. L. DALE. 

